diff --git a/docs/en/docs/release-notes.md b/docs/en/docs/release-notes.md
index 5e262b1d4..e46060575 100644
--- a/docs/en/docs/release-notes.md
+++ b/docs/en/docs/release-notes.md
@@ -2,6 +2,9 @@
 
 ## Latest Changes
 
+
+## 0.70.0
+
 This release just upgrades Starlette to the latest version, `0.16.0`, which includes several bug fixes and some small breaking changes.
 
 These last **three consecutive releases** are independent so that you can **migrate gradually**:
diff --git a/fastapi/__init__.py b/fastapi/__init__.py
index a95ef3676..4d4d4333d 100644
--- a/fastapi/__init__.py
+++ b/fastapi/__init__.py
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 """FastAPI framework, high performance, easy to learn, fast to code, ready for production"""
 
-__version__ = "0.69.0"
+__version__ = "0.70.0"
 
 from starlette import status as status